Rolling down the roller coasters
By: Lexi Gering
Summer Fun
Look at me!
Flight X roller coaster
Raging bull roller coaster
"Six Flags Great America Rides." Six Flags Great America Rides. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
The science of it
When you go up a roller coaster could you feel the gears working and the gears pulling you up? Well the gears play part in pulling you up but so do G-forces. G-forces change constantly, they can go from 0-10 within a matter of seconds. As you accelerate you can physically feel the G-forces going up rapidly but once you start going down they go down just as fast. This relates to science because of physics. The physics of it is that G-forces can go from 0-10 within seconds and that you can physically feel them. G-forces are also in every ride and every ride has something to do with physics.
"Physics Buzz: Roller Coaster G-Forces: We've Got Data." Physics Buzz: Roller Coaster G-Forces: We've Got Data. N.p., 30 Apr. 2013. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.
CONNECTION 2 - GRAVITY
Gravity plays a part in almost everything but what you probably didn't know was that it definitely plays a part in roller coasters. Most people think it's all gears and control but really gravity is a big part in roller coasters. As you go down on a roller coaster the only thing the gears do is push you over the edge then gravity pulls you down to the bottom. If gravity didn't exist then the cart would just be sitting on the edge waiting to go down but without gravity it wouldn't be able to go down. This relates to science because many scientist study gravity and if the scientist never found out that gravity keeps you down there wouldn't be things like big drops on roller coasters.
"Physics Buzz: Roller Coaster G-Forces: We've Got Data." Physics Buzz: Roller Coaster G-Forces: We've Got Data. N.p., 30 Apr. 2013. Web. 03 Sept. 2015.
I wonder...
2. Does the amount of g-forces have anything to do with how the cart/track was built?
3. When going down on a ride like the giant drop is it all gravity doing the work or is there another factor?
4. Do the owners of Six flags great America know all the different g-forces in the roller coasters?